Will volatility pop as traders return from beach?

10:09 PM,
Sep. 1, 2013

Traders work the floor at the New York Stock Exchange.

Written by

Adam Shell
Gannett

NEW YORK -- The Summer of '13 was an eventful one on Wall Street. The stock market hit a record closing high on Aug. 2, followed by wild price gyrations blamed on worries about the Federal Reserve's next policy move, geopolitical risk in Egypt and Syria, and a software glitch that shut down trading on the Nasdaq stock market one day for more than three hours.

Thinking calm lies ahead might be a mistake. If the past is any guide, investors might want to buckle up for a wild ride when Wall Street traders return to work from their beach getaways in the Hamptons and elsewhere.